Comments | 69_tears: Better late than never

69_tears

Better late than never

Jan 09, 2009 07:10

Yesterday was the birthday of two extraordinary men in rock 'n' roll: David Bowie and Elvis Presley!

Share your stories (or comment on mine or both!)

ELVIS

I think everyone in my generation remembers where they were when Elvis died.

I was in Florida with my grandmother and 13-years-old. I heard it on the radio and couldn't believe it. I didn't know ( Read more... )

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I was in Florida with my grandmother and 13-years-old themacguffin January 9 2009, 15:00:03 UTC

13 and 9/10ths heh... I just turned 12 that day... instead of cake and presents all I got was my Mom crying all day and listening to the the 24 hour non-stop radio-a-thon they had on him

Not a personal Bowie story, but one of Lisa's coworkers went to a Bowie show and brought a rose (she was close)... during the show she thrust the rose at him, Bowie reached down, took it and ate it!

Re: I was in Florida with my grandmother and 13-years-old 69_tears January 9 2009, 15:27:46 UTC

Omg, that's a terrible birthday story! Bet you never forgot the day Elvis died!! Wow!

That's a great Bowie story!! It's kind of similar to my Richard Butler story (who is pretty Bowie-esque) ... There's a line in a Furs song that goes, "We don't count our money, we're just giving it away." During that song my ex-boyfriend and I handed him dollar bills. He ripped them up and threw them into the audience!

At the end of the concert, a girl ran to the front of the stage screaming and gathered up the dollar bill pieces (obviously not because she was going to tape them together, but because she wanted a PIECE of Richard Butler!)

Re: I was in Florida with my grandmother and 13-years-old themacguffin January 9 2009, 15:43:33 UTC

thanks for that... I am going off to listen to some Furs stuff now, I love that story

Tribute To Elvis (Recent Sighting In Flint, Michigan) robby January 9 2009, 15:06:00 UTC

Re: Tribute To Elvis (Recent Sighting In Flint, Michigan) 69_tears January 9 2009, 15:28:39 UTC

He's always in Michigan. When's he coming to Jersey? :)

Re: Tribute To Elvis (Recent Sighting In Flint, Michigan) robby January 9 2009, 15:38:39 UTC

With the demise of the auto industry in Michigan, I think
that they really need Elvis, now more than ever.

If you believe he will come.

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